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• Book Of Judith
  ...A.D. 117-118, to commemorate this day ( '''''יוםטוריינוס''''' ). He makes Nebuchadnezzar stand for Trajan, Nineveh for Antioch, Assyria for Syria, Arphaxad for the ...rigin. But they agree in these points: [[Proper]] names are often omitted. Jerusalem is the scene of action, the wars being those of the Maccabees. Judith is a
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• Nebuchadnezzar The Great
  Nebuchadnezzar The Great <ref name="term_81178" /> ...standing was restored to him, and he recovered his royal dignity. </p> <p> Nebuchadnezzar died, [[A.M.]] 3442, after having reigned forty-three years. Megasthenes, q
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• Israel
  ...aim. Many towns in Judah were captured also. (Cf. Breasted’s <em> Hist. of Egypt </em> , 530.) How deep the enmity between Israel and Judah had become may b ...te views are projected, such as a small group that escaped from slavery in Egypt, joining other groups, gradually infiltrated Canaan and took on many of its
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• Hananiah
  ...civil, not a sacerdotal, office. The [[Hebrew]] for "over ( '''''Al''''' ) Jerusalem" may mean simply "concerning." </p> <p> '''13.''' &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:23. </p ...’ who, together with Hanani, was appointed by Nehemiah to the ‘charge over Jerusalem’ (&nbsp; Nehemiah 7:2 ). <strong> 10. </strong> The friend of Daniel, who
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• Jews
  ...Mohammedans, in a word, almost all nations have, by turns, seized and held Jerusalem. To the Jews only hath God refused the possession of this small tract of gr ...writer hath affirmed, that it is long since any Jew has been settled near Jerusalem: scarcely can they purchase there six feet of land for a burying-place. "In
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• Habakkuk
  ...d, leaving his son, Jehoiachin, to become Nebuchadnezzar's prisoner when [[Jerusalem]] fell in 597 B.C. People from the upper classes and skilled workmen were a ...the chapters are then referred to another oppressor, either [[Assyria]] or Egypt, whom the Chaldæans are raised up to punish; and ch. 3 is ascribed to an
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• Baruch
  ...ey were, however, both of them at last compelled to follow the people into Egypt, where Jeremiah soon afterward died; on which Baruch retired to Babylon, wh ...g others who are tempted. Baruch was carried with Jeremiah by Johanan into Egypt (&nbsp;Jeremiah 43:6). The apocryphal book of Baruch is evidently one of la
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• No
  ...ys Of The [[Flood]] Rains)'' years will I ... bring again the captivity of Egypt." The [[Persian]] [[Cambyses]] gave the finishing blow to No-Amon's greatne ...unishment of the remote Thebes, which could not be accomplished till Lower Egypt was prostrate. The Theban Ammon was often entitled ‘Amen-Rç, king of t
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• Famine
  ...<i> Primitive [[Christianity]] </i> , ii [1909] 227f.; G. A. Smith. <i> [[Jerusalem]] </i> , ii. [1908] 563. </p> <p> W. [[Cruickshank]] </p> ...Lord concerning [[Joseph]] and his family, that Israel might be led out of Egypt? Who can question that the famine in the days of [[Elisha]] was the same, w
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• Magi
  ...r of Henry Drisler </i> , p. 31—‘Twelve kings set out from Persia to go to Jerusalem,’ etc.), or thirteen (Bar Bahlul in Hyde, <i> Rcl. Vet. Pers. </i> [Note: ...among them, they might be among those who "waited for redemption," not at Jerusalem, but in a distant part of the world. The <em> Parsees, </em> who were nearl
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• Obadiah
  ...cruelty which he in a still worse degree showed at Jerusalem's capture by Nebuchadnezzar. &nbsp;Amos 1:6; &nbsp;Amos 1:11, and &nbsp;Joel 4:19, refer to the same ca ...tivity of Jacob as having occurred. He probably refers to the captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, B.C. 688. It must have been uttered, at some time, in the five years which
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• Philistines
  ...contest was renewed between the [[Egyptians]] and the [[Chaldeans]] under Nebuchadnezzar, and the result was specially disastrous to the Philistines. The "old hatre ...nes,’ has disappeared. </p> <p> When [[Cambyses]] made his expedition into Egypt (b.c. 525), Gaza opposed him (Polyb. xvi. 40). The [[Sidonian]] king Eshmun
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• Assyria
  ...y further taxes (in 701 BC; &nbsp;2 Kings 18:7). When Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, [[Hezekiah]] repented of his rebellion and offered to pay whatever the Ass ...ed their conquests westward; and, leading their forces against the king of Egypt, as an invader of their right of conquest, they beat him at Carchemish, and
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• Book Of Zechariah
  ...s control, would be eliminated as He came to reign over all the world from Jerusalem. </p> <p> Outline </p> <p> I. God Is Just (&nbsp;Zechariah 1:1-2:13 ) </p> ...ils to be removed. Ch. 14 gives another apocalyptic vision of the siege of Jerusalem. The onslaught is terrible, and the discomfiture of her enemies is wrought
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• Or Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadnezzar
  Or Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadnezzar <ref name="term_67874" /> ...ide he is able to abase." &nbsp;Daniel 2 — &nbsp; Daniel 4 . </p> <p> Thus Nebuchadnezzar learnt to honour the God who had made him the head of gold. How long he sur
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• Book Of Lamentations
  ...sp; Lamentations 4:1 vividly pictures the horrors of the siege and fall of Jerusalem and places part of the blame for the judgment on the immoral prophets and p ...e book on the Black Fast (9th of Ab) the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem. In the Greek OT and the other versions Lam. is attached to the prophecies
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• Kingdom Of Judah
  ...h 11:2; &nbsp;Isaiah 27:12; &nbsp;Isaiah 35:10; &nbsp;Isaiah 54:7-11. Also Jerusalem shall be the religious center of the nations, amidst universal peace, the L ...e destruction of the temple (B.C. 588) by Nebuzar-adan, who was captain of Nebuchadnezzar's body-guard (&nbsp;2 Kings 25:8-21 ). </p> <p> The kingdom maintained a se
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• History And Religion Of Babylon
  ...tivity and provided them with substantial economic opportunities. </p> <p> Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest king of the Neo-Babylonian Period and the last truly great
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• Gedaliah
  ...alamity; and many Jews under Johanan, fearing Babylon's vengeance, fled to Egypt, forcing Jeremiah with them (&nbsp;Jeremiah 41:18). </p> <p> '''2.''' &nbsp ...r of the prophet Zephaniah (&nbsp;Zephaniah 1:1), the third an official in Jerusalem who opposed Jeremiah (&nbsp;Jeremiah 38:1-6), and the fourth a priest in th
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• Chronology
  ...hree extant versions of his words." The traditions of Greece, Babylon, and Egypt confirm the Scripture account of the longevity of the patriarchs. [[Sprung] ...becomes a Roman province. In 63Judaea is subjected to Rome. </p> <p> In 30 Egypt becomes a Roman province. </p> <p> 40 Herod is appointed by Rome king of Ju
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